LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, suppletive

efferō1

efferō (present infinitive efferre, perfect active extulī, supine ēlātum)
Classical[ˈɛf.fɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛf.fe.ro]
efferātus perf. pass. ptcp.; sg. nom. m. perf. pass. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. suppletiveto bring, bear, carry, take out, forth, away; transport
  2. suppletiveto carry out (of the house) for burial, bear to the grave, bury
  3. suppletiveto bring forth, bear, produce, yield
  4. suppletiveto emit, discharge, release, send out, send or bring forth
  5. suppletiveto lift up, elevate, raise, exalt; display; rescue
  6. figurativelysuppletiveto set forth, spread abroad, utter, publish, proclaim, pronounce, express, declare, divulge, make known
    Priusquam eorum clandestina consilia efferanturBefore their secret plan be divulgedc. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico VII.1
  7. figurativelysuppletiveto carry away, transport, hurry or sweep away
  8. figurativelysuppletiveto raise, elevate, exalt, extol
  9. figurativelysuppletiveto exaggerate, aggrandize, embellish, increase
  10. figurativelysuppletiveto elevate oneself; rise, advance
  11. figurativelysuppletiveto be puffed up, to be made haughty or proud
  12. figurativelyraresuppletiveto carry out to the end, support, endure

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ad populum exīre
carry out; puff up
efferō, efferre, extulī, ēlātus — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 9, 12

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.efferōefferēbam
efferābam
efferam
efferābō
extulī
efferāvī
extuleram
efferāveram
extulerō
efferāverō
2nd sg.effersefferēbās
efferābās
efferēs
efferābis
extulistī
efferāvistī
extulerās
efferāverās
extuleris
efferāveris
3rd sg.effertefferēbat
efferābat
efferet
efferābit
extulit
efferāvit
extulerat
efferāverat
extulerit
efferāverit
1st pl.efferimusefferēbāmus
efferābāmus
efferēmus
efferābimus
extulimus
efferāvimus
extulerāmus
efferāverāmus
extulerimus
efferāverimus
2nd pl.effertisefferēbātis
efferābātis
efferētis
efferābitis
extulistis
efferāvistis
extulerātis
efferāverātis
extuleritis
efferāveritis
3rd pl.efferuntefferēbant
efferābant
efferent
efferābunt
extulērunt
extulēre, efferāvēre, efferāvērunt
extulerant
efferāverant
extulerint
efferāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.efferam
efferem
efferrem
efferārem
extulerim
efferāverim
extulissem
efferāvissem
2nd sg.efferāsefferrēs
efferārēs
extulerīs
efferāverīs
extulissēs
efferāvissēs
3rd sg.efferatefferret
efferāret
extulerit
efferāverit
extulisset
efferāvisset
1st pl.efferāmusefferrēmus
efferārēmus
extulerīmus
efferāverīmus
extulissēmus
efferāvissēmus
2nd pl.efferātisefferrētis
efferārētis
extulerītis
efferāverītis
extulissētis
efferāvissētis
3rd pl.efferantefferrent
efferārent
extulerint
efferāverint
extulissent
efferāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.efferorefferēbar
efferābar
efferar
efferābor
2nd sg.efferris
efferre
efferēbāris
efferēbāre, efferābāre, efferābāris
efferēris
efferēre, efferābere, efferāberis
3rd sg.efferturefferēbātur
efferābātur
efferētur
efferābitur
1st pl.efferimurefferēbāmur
efferābāmur
efferēmur
efferābimur
2nd pl.efferiminīefferēbāminī
efferābāminī
efferēminī
efferābiminī
3rd pl.efferunturefferēbantur
efferābantur
efferentur
efferābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.efferar
efferer
efferrer
efferārer
2nd sg.efferāris
efferāre
efferrēris
efferrēre, efferārēre, efferārēris
3rd sg.efferāturefferrētur
efferārētur
1st pl.efferāmurefferrēmur
efferārēmur
2nd pl.efferāminīefferrēminī
efferārēminī
3rd pl.efferanturefferrentur
efferārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.efferefferre
pres. 2nd pl.efferte
efferāte
efferiminī
fut. 2nd sg.effertō
efferātō
effertor
efferātor
fut. 3rd sg.effertō
efferātō
effertor
efferātor
fut. 2nd pl.effertōte
efferātōte
—
fut. 3rd pl.efferuntō
efferantō
efferuntor
efferantor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveefferreefferrī
efferārī
perfect infinitiveextulisse
efferāvisse
ēlātum esse
future infinitiveēlātūrum esseēlātum īrī
present participleefferēns—
perfect participle—ēlātus
efferāta, efferātā, efferātae, efferātam, efferātārum, efferātās, efferāte, efferātī, efferātō, efferātōrum, efferātōs, efferātum, efferātus, ēlāta, ēlātā, ēlātae, ēlātam, ēlātārum, ēlātās, ēlāte, ēlātī, ēlātīs, ēlātō, ēlātōrum, ēlātōs
future participleēlātūrus
efferātūra, efferātūrā, efferātūrae, efferātūram, efferātūrārum, efferātūrās, efferātūre, efferātūrī, efferātūrīs, efferātūrō, efferātūrōrum, efferātūrōs, efferātūrum, efferātūrus
efferendus
efferundus, efferanda, efferandā, efferandae, efferandam, efferandārum, efferandās, efferande, efferandī, efferandīs, efferandō, efferandōrum, efferandōs, efferandum, efferandus, efferenda, efferendā, efferendae, efferendam, efferendārum, efferendās, efferende, efferendīs, efferendōrum, efferendōs
gerundefferendī, efferendō, efferendumsupineēlātum, ēlātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

iracundia efferri
to be carried away by one's anger.
pedem limine efferre
to cross the threshold.
insolentius se efferre
to behave arrogantly.
fortuna aliquem effert
Fortune exalts a man, makes him conspicuous.
rebus secundis efferri
to be puffed up by success; to be made arrogant by prosperity.
domo pedem non efferre
to never set foot out of doors.
gaudio, laetitia efferri
to be beside oneself with joy.
inflatum, elatum esse aliqua re
to be proud, arrogant by reason of something.
6 more phrases
efferre or edere aliquid in vulgus
to divulge, make public.
(maximis, summis) laudibus efferre aliquem or aliquid
to praise, extol, commend a person.
terra effert (more rarely fert, but not profert) fruges
the earth brings forth fruit, crops.
laudibus aliquem (aliquid) in caelum ferre, efferre, tollere
to extol, laud to the skies.
funere efferri or simply efferri (publice; publico, suo sumptu)
to be interred (at the expense of the state, at one's own cost).
foras efferri, palam fieri, percrebrescere, divulgari, in medium proferri, exire, emanare
to become known, become a topic of common conversation (used of things).

ef-fĕro or ecfĕro (cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 766), extŭli, ēlatum, efferre or ecferre, v. a.,
I. to bring or carry out, to bring forth (very freq. and class.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: ex navi, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 82; cf. tela, etc., ex aedibus Cethegi, Cic. Cat. 3, 3 fin.: argentum jubeo jam intus efferri foras, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 62; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 127; id. Most. 2, 1, 58; id. Mil. 4, 8, 4: argentum ad aliquem, id. Epid. 5, 1, 27; id. Truc. 3, 1, 16: machaeram huc, id. Mil. 2, 5, 53; cf. id. Stich. 2, 2, 28: puerum extra aedes usquam, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 48: cistellam domo, id. Eun. 4, 6, 15; cf.: cibaria sibi quemque domo, Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 3: frumentum ab Ilerda, id. B. C. 1, 78, 1: piscem de custodia, Col. 8, 17 fin.: litteras, Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 4: mucronem, Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2; cf.: vexilla, signa, arma (e castris, extra fines, etc.), Liv. 10, 19; 27, 2; 29, 21; Tac. H. 3, 31 al.: ferrum a latere deripuit, elatumque deferebat in pectus, id. A. 1, 35 fin.: Colchis pedem, Enn. ap. Non. 297, 20; so, pedem, Verg. A. 2, 657; cf. pedem aedibus, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19: pedem portā, Cic. Att. 6, 8, 5; 7, 2, 6; Suet. Tib. 38: pedem quoquam, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 97: se hinc (ignis), Lucr. 6, 89 and 385: se vallo (equus), Tac. A. 15, 7: Furium longius extulit cursus, Liv. 3, 5; cf.: Messium impetus per hostes extulit, id. 4, 29.—
B. In partic.
1. Like the Gr. ἐκφέρω, to carry out (of the house) for burial, to bear to the grave, to bury (cf.: cremo, humo, sepelio, prosequor): optumum'st Loces illum efferendum; nam jam credo mortuus est, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 32; id. Most. 4, 3, 8 sqq.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 90 Don. and Ruhnk.; 1, 1, 101; Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 80; Nep. Att. 17; Liv. 2, 33; 3, 18 fin.; Quint. 8, 5, 21; Suet. Aug. 99; Hor. S. 2, 5, 85; Vulg. Luc. 7, 12.—
b. Transf.: meo unius funere elata populi Romani esset res publica, carried to burial, i. e. overthrown, destroyed, Liv. 28, 28; 24, 22; 31, 29.—
2. Of a fruit-bearing soil, to bring forth, bear, produce: id, quod agri efferant, Cic. Rep. 2, 4 fin.; id. Brut. 4, 16; cf. also Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47 fin.; 86 al.—
b. Transf.: ea, quae efferant aliquid ex sese, perfectiores habere naturas quam, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 33 fin.; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 109; poet.: (Italia) genus acre virum, Verg. G. 2, 169.—
3. Of motion in an upward direction (cf.: erigo and educo, II. B. 1.), to lift up, elevate, raise, exalt, Lucil. ap. Non. 297, 25: aliquem in murum, Caes. B. G. 7, 47 fin.: pars operis in altitudinem turris elata, id. B. C. 2, 8 fin.; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 103; and Suet. Calig. 32: corvus e conspectu elatus, Liv. 7, 26: pulvis elatus, id. 4, 33: elata super capita scuta, Tac. H. 3, 27: jubar (luna), Petron. Poët. 89, 2, 54; poet.: caput Auctumnus agris extulit, Hor. Epod. 2, 18.
II. Trop.
A. To set forth, spread abroad, utter, publish, proclaim: clamorem, to raise, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73: quod neque in vulgum disciplinam efferri velint, neque, etc., Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 4; cf. Plin. 2, 12, 9: vocem ejus in vulgus, Tac. A. 12, 21: tuum peccatum foras, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 65 Ruhnk.: hoc foras, Cic. Phil. 10, 3; so, clandestina consilia, Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 6: rem, id. ib. 7, 2, 2: has meas ineptias, Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 111: divinitus dicta, id. ib. 3, 1 fin. et saep.—With a rel. clause: posteaquam in volgus militum elatum est, qua arrogantia in colloquio Ariovistus usus, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4.—
2. In partic., of speech, to utter, pronounce, express, declare: verbum de verbo expressum extulit, Ter. Ad. prol. 11: ut verba inter se ra tione conjuncta sententiam efferant, Varr. L. L. 8, § 1 Müll.: si graves sententiae inconditis verbis efferuntur, Cic. Or. 44, 150; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 13: quae incisim aut membratim efferuntur, ea, etc., Cic. Or. 67; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 33; 8, 3, 40; 10, 2, 17: pleraque utroque modo efferuntur, luxuriatur, luxuriat, etc., id. 9, 3, 7; cf. id. 1, 5, 16; 64; 2, 14, 2.—
B. In the pass., qs. to be carried out of one's self by passions, feelings, etc.; to be carried away, transported, hurried away: usque adeo studio atque odio illius efferor ira, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21 fin.; so, studio, Cic. de Sen. 23, 83; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 2; cf. cupiditate, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49: vi naturae atque ingenii, id. Mur. 31, 65: laetitia, id. Deiot. 9, 26 (cf. act.: comitia ista praeclara, quae me laetitia extulerunt, id. Fam. 2, 10): incredibili gaudio, id. Fam. 10, 12, 2; cf. id. Rep. 3, 30; Suet. Caes. 22: voluptate canendi ac saltandi, id. Calig. 54: popularitate, id. Ner. 53.—
C. (Acc. to I. B. 3.) To raise, elevate, exalt: pretia alicujus rei, Varr. R. R. 3, 6 fin.: quorum animi altius se extulerunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 3: aliquem ad summum imperium per omnes honorum gradus, id. Cat. 1, 11, 28; cf.: aliquem supra leges, Tac. A. 2, 34; and: aliquem geminatis consulatibus, id. ib. 1, 3; cf. also id. ib. 4, 40: aliquem pecunia aut honore, Sall. J. 49, 4: patriam demersam extuli, Cic. Sull. 31, 87; cf. Nep. Dion. 6; Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34: aliquem maximis laudibus, id. Off. 2, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 87: aliquem summis laudibus ad caelum, Cic. Fam. 9, 14; cf. Nep. Dion. 7 fin.: aliquid maximis laudibus, Cic. Lael. 7, 24: aliquem laudibus, Tac. A. 3, 72: aliquem verbis, Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52: aliquid versibus, id. Rep. 1, 14; and simply aliquid, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56; Tac. A. 2, 63: aliquem in summum odium, id. H. 4, 42; cf.: rem in summam invidiam, Quint. 8, 4, 19.—
2. In partic., with se, to raise, elevate one's self; to rise, advance (cf.: appareo, eluceo, exsisto): cum (virtus) se extulit et ostendit suum lumen, Cic. Lael. 27; cf. so with a figure borrowed from the heavenly bodies: qua in urbe (Athenis) primum se orator extulit, id. Brut. 7, 26: volo se efferat in adolescente fecunditas, id. de Or. 2, 21.—
b. In a bad sense, with se, or in the pass., to lift up one's self, to carry one's self high; to be puffed up, haughty, proud on account of any thing (the figure being borrowed from a prancing horse; cf. Liv. 30, 20; and Quint. 10, 3, 10): nec cohibendo efferentem se fortunam, quanto altius elatus erat, eo foedius corruit (Atilius), Liv. 30, 30: quod aut cupias ardenter aut adeptus ecferas te insolenter, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39: qui enim victoria se ecferunt, quasi victos nos intuentur, id. Fam. 9, 2, 2; cf.: se altius et incivilius, Flor. 1, 26, 8: sese audacia, scelere atque superbia, Sall. J. 14, 11: hic me magnifice effero, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 31: (fortunati) efferuntur fere fastidio et contumacia, Cic. Lael. 15, 54: se efferre in potestate, to be insolent in office, id. de Or. 2, 84, 342.—Esp. freq. in the part. perf.: stulta ac barbara arrogantia elati, Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 3: recenti victoria, id. B. G. 5, 47, 4: spe celeris victoriae, id. ib. 7, 47, 3: gloria, id. B. C. 3, 79, 6: elatus et inflatus his rebus, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97: secunda fortuna magnisque opibus, Nep. Alcib. 7, 3; id. Milt. 7, 2: elatus ad vanam fiduciam, Curt. 3, 19, 10; but also: ad justam fiduciam, Liv. 27, 8, 7 et saep.—In the act. (rare, and with a fig. perh. borrowed from the wind): is demum vir erit, cujus animum nec prospera (fortuna) flatu suo efferet (elates, inflates), nec adversa infringet, Liv. 45, 8 fin.—
D. Ante-class. and very rare, to carry out to the end, to support, endure: laborem, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 48; cf.: malum patiendo, to get rid of, do away with, Cic. Poët. Tusc. 4, 29, 63 (but not in Lucr. 1, 141, where the better reading is sufferre).—Hence, ēlā-tus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 3. and II. C. 2.), exalted, lofty, high (rare; cf.: superbus, insolens, arrogans, etc.).
A. Lit.: modo in elatiora modo in depressiora clivi, Col. 2, 4, 10: elatissimae lucernae, Tert. Apol. 53.—
B. Trop.: animus magnus elatusque, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96: verba, high-sounding, id. Or. 36, 124; hoc casu elatior Julianus, Amm. 21, 4, 7; Vulg. Rom. 1, 30: insula opibus, Nep. Milt. 7, 2. —Adv.: ēlāte, loftily, proudly: elate et ample loqui, opp. humiliter demisseque sentire, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9: dicere (opp. summisse), id. Opt. Gen. 4, 10.—Comp.: se gerere, Nep. Paus. 2, 3: elatius et arrogantius praefatur, Gell. 9, 15, 4.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinefferō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin efferō From ex- (“out of”) + ferō (“carry, bear”).

Descendants
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verbfirst conjugation
efferō2
efferō (present infinitive efferāre, perfect active efferāvī, supine efferātum)
Classical[ˈɛf.fɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛf.fe.ro]
efferātus perf. pass. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. transitiveto make wild or savage, brutalize, barbarize
  2. transitiveto make fierce, infuriate, madden

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.efferōefferābam
efferēbam
efferābō
efferam
efferāvī
extulī
efferāveram
extuleram
efferāverō
extulerō
2nd sg.efferās
effers
efferābās
efferēbās
efferābisefferāvistī
extulistī
efferāverās
extulerās
efferāveris
extuleris
3rd sg.efferat
effert
efferābat
efferēbat
efferābitefferāvit
extulit
efferāverat
extulerat
efferāverit
extulerit
1st pl.efferāmus
efferimus
efferābāmus
efferēbāmus
efferābimusefferāvimus
extulimus
efferāverāmus
extulerāmus
efferāverimus
extulerimus
2nd pl.efferātis
effertis
efferābātis
efferēbātis
efferābitisefferāvistis
extulistis
efferāverātis
extulerātis
efferāveritis
extuleritis
3rd pl.efferant
efferunt
efferābant
efferēbant
efferābuntefferāvērunt
efferāvēre, extulērunt
efferāverant
extulerant
efferāverint
extulerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.efferemefferārem
efferrem
efferāverim
extulerim
efferāvissem
extulissem
2nd sg.efferēsefferārēs
efferrēs
efferāverīs
extulerīs
efferāvissēs
extulissēs
3rd sg.efferetefferāret
efferret
efferāverit
extulerit
efferāvisset
extulisset
1st pl.efferēmusefferārēmus
efferrēmus
efferāverīmus
extulerīmus
efferāvissēmus
extulissēmus
2nd pl.efferētisefferārētis
efferrētis
efferāverītis
extulerītis
efferāvissētis
extulissētis
3rd pl.efferentefferārent
efferrent
efferāverint
extulerint
efferāvissent
extulissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.efferorefferābar
efferēbar
efferābor
efferar
2nd sg.efferāris
efferāre, efferris
efferābāris
efferābāre, efferēbāris
efferāberis
efferābere
3rd sg.efferātur
effertur
efferābātur
efferēbātur
efferābitur
1st pl.efferāmur
efferimur
efferābāmur
efferēbāmur
efferābimur
2nd pl.efferāminīefferābāminī
efferēbāminī
efferābiminī
3rd pl.efferantur
efferuntur
efferābantur
efferēbantur
efferābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.effererefferārer
efferrer
2nd sg.efferēris
efferēre
efferārēris
efferārēre, efferrēris
3rd sg.efferēturefferārētur
efferrētur
1st pl.efferēmurefferārēmur
efferrēmur
2nd pl.efferēminīefferārēminī
efferrēminī
3rd pl.efferenturefferārentur
efferrentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.efferā
effer
efferāre
pres. 2nd pl.efferāte
efferte
efferāminī
fut. 2nd sg.efferātō
effertō
efferātor
effertor
fut. 3rd sg.efferātō
effertō
efferātor
effertor
fut. 2nd pl.efferātōte
effertōte
—
fut. 3rd pl.efferantō
efferuntō
efferantor
efferuntor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveefferāre
efferre
efferārī
efferrī
perfect infinitiveefferāvisse
extulisse
efferātum esse
future infinitiveefferātūrum esseefferātum īrī
present participleefferāns—
perfect participle—efferātus
efferāta, efferātā, efferātae, efferātam, efferātārum, efferātās, efferātī, efferātōrum, efferātōs, ēlāta, ēlātā, ēlātae, ēlātam, ēlātārum, ēlātās, ēlāte, ēlātī, ēlātīs, ēlātō, ēlātōrum, ēlātōs, ēlātum, ēlātus
future participleefferātūrus
efferātūra, efferātūrā, efferātūrae, efferātūram, efferātūrārum, efferātūrās, efferātūre, efferātūrī, efferātūrīs, efferātūrō, efferātūrōrum, efferātūrōs, efferātūrum
efferandus
efferanda, efferandā, efferandae, efferandam, efferandārum, efferandās, efferande, efferandīs, efferandōrum, efferandōs, efferenda, efferendā, efferendae, efferendam, efferendārum, efferendās, efferende, efferendī, efferendīs, efferendō, efferendōrum, efferendōs, efferendum, efferendus
gerundefferandī, efferandō, efferandumsupineefferātum, efferātū

ef-fĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. ex-ferus,
I. to make wild, savage, fierce (class.; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
I. Physically: terram immanitate beluarum efferari, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99: speciem oris, Liv. 2, 23; cf. vultum, Suet. Calig. 50: efferantia sese ulcera, becoming aggravated, malignant, Plin. 26, 14, 87, § 146.—Poet.: Mars efferat aurum, i. e. works up into weapons, Stat. Achill. 1, 425; cf.: homo qui magnae artis subtilitate tantum efferavit argentum, i. e. wrought into the figures of beasts, App. M. 5, p. 159, 14.—
II. Mentally: gentes sic immanitate efferatae, Cic. N. D. 1, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32: militem dux ipse efferavit, Liv. 23, 5; cf. id. 2, 29: animos, id. 1, 19; 25, 26: ingenia, Curt. 8, 2; 9, 19: efferavit ea caedes Thebanos omnes ad exsecrabile odium Romanorum, exasperated, Liv. 33, 29; cf. Vulg. Dan. 8, 7.—Hence, effĕrātus, a, um, P. a., wild, savage, fierce: sunt enim multa ecferata et immania, quaedam autem humanitatis quoque habent primam speciem, Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 32: vultus, Petr. 82, 1: animi, Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 11.—Comp.: mores ritusque, Liv. 34, 24.—Sup.: effectus, Sen. Ep. 121, 4: canes in homines, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 3, 18.—Adv.: effĕrāte, fiercely: saevire, Lact. 5, 20, 10.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinefferō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der. Latin ferus Latin efferus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin efferō From efferus (“wild, savage”) + -ō.

Descendants
  • Englishefferate

Quick answers

What does efferō mean in Latin?
efferō, a verb, means “to bring, bear, carry, take out, forth, away; transport; to carry out (of the house) for burial, bear to the grave, bury”.
What are the principal parts of efferō?
efferō, efferre, extulī, ēlātum (third conjugation, suppletive).
How do you pronounce efferō?
In classical Latin, [ˈɛf.fɛ.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɛf.fe.ro].
Where does efferō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin efferō.